Вісник Київського національного університету культури і мистецтв. Серія: Аудіовізуальне мистецтво і виробництво (Jun 2018)

Technology of Transformation as a Peculiar Form of Reincarnation of the Actor

  • Alla Medvedieva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31866/2617-2674.1.2018.140832
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 1
pp. 18 – 27

Abstract

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Purpose of the study. In the stage artist’art, the professional predominant task is to show the characterization of personage from the first minutes of appearing on the screen, where the viewer’s first acquaintance with the action hero at the beginning of the estrade room is the main expressive tool. Therefore, the core aspect of our scientific research is the definition of the goal, which covers the analysis of the creation of transformation techniques as a kind of transformation of the actor on the stage. Research methodology. The proposed article uses a system-analytical approach to define the goals and strategies of scientific research, namely, using special methods and techniques, the essence and peculiarities of using the mask in the creative activity of the leading theater and pop art director A. Raikin are characterized. Scientific novelty consists in approbation of the scientific problem, namely, in determining the principles and methods of playing the actor in a mask, taking into account the use of the technique of transformation as a form of transformation of the actor on the stage. The practical significance of the obtained results is that for the first time the creativity of the outstanding stage actor A. Raikin has been analyzed in the aspect as he created a mask-image in the context of the transformation technique. Conclusions. According to the goal of the research, it has been found out that on the stage the main goal of the actor is to create a stage image with the help of natural data and professional skills. An estrade art actor, we call someone who, using tricks, transforming the "I", masks, using game pauses, mise-en-scenes, costume, light, his stage temperament, creates an appropriate stage image. In the course of the research, it turned out that A. Raikin skillfully embodied in his creative activity, a talented estrade actor, capable of one or two features, several gestures, a view to reveal the inner essence of his character. Analysis of the work of an outstanding actor gives grounds for asserting that the transformation technique is a core aspect in a kind of the actor’s reincarnation on the stage.

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